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Are Driverless Cars The Ultimate Use Case For The Telecom Industry?
A group of representative organizations from the telecom industry has urged the European Union (EU) to “place 5G at the core of digital reform and shape upcoming laws with a view to increasing network investment and allow innovation”. As I have witnessed on the Mobile World Congress, the automotive industry is already investing in research and development aimed at driverless cars and there are many pilots going on around this basic idea. I believe that there are... [Lire la suite]

Autonomous cars: a big opportunity for European industry
Autonomous cars: redefining the industry
Connectivity on the fastlane Beyond connectivity-enabled functions, an autonomous car will understand its environment and the passengers. It will also “learn” to react and adapt to different situations during the entire driving process. More innovations coming to the vehicle Autonomous car implies the capability of a car to drive partly or fully by itself, with limited or no human intervention. Three primary functions can be fulfilled:
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Uber seeks permission to resume self-driving car testing on public roads
The company released its voluntary safety report in a bid to resurrect its AV testing program
Uber is seeking permission from the state of Pennsylvania to resume testing its self-driving cars on public roads more than seven months after a fatal crash in Tempe, Arizona.
The ride-hailing company released its voluntary safety report to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Friday, becoming the sixth company to do so. In it, Uber... [Lire la suite]

Google wants partners for connected cars
Google has been at the forefront of automated car development for some time now, pushing the envelope for vehicles that can drive themselves all by their lonesome, as well as better mapping and navigation technologies. However, while it might have managed to turn a few Lexus vehicles into self driving cars and has even created some of its own pod car prototypes, there’s only so much it wants to compete with the auto industry. In-reality, it wants to partner up with a company with more... [Lire la suite]

The Connected Vehicle Telematics Evolution
“Alexa start my car” is a phrase that we will soon be saying, while enjoying that second cup of coffee in the morning. These days the connected vehicle is more than just knowing my radio presets or connecting to my phone. The connected vehicle can be transformed to an assistant on wheels, such that it will be able to read your text messages, find directions to the nearest Italian restaurant, as well as be able to set the thermostat in your house and turn the lights on for you when you get... [Lire la suite]

Why the auto industry should embrace Blockchain
Technical innovations happen constantly in small and big ways across our modern society, but relatively few breakthroughs ever have far-reaching impact.
Consider Wi-Fi and the smartphone, to name a couple. Increasingly, savvy observers are adding blockchain technology to the list of creations that could transform our universe.
Decidedly a hot topic today, blockchain is the protocol behind bitcoin digital currency, but it was around as a concept for years prior to enabling... [Lire la suite]

Bosch’s CES-bound shuttle concept takes us on a trip to a not-too-distant future
In 2018, the new car market is divided into several segments: Sedans, SUVs, minivans, pickup trucks, and so on. German components manufacturer Bosch envisions the creation of a new segment as soon as autonomous technology merges into the mainstream. It predicts that driverless electric shuttles will become a common sight in major cities all around the world, and it will travel to the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to showcase how it... [Lire la suite]

Connected trucks moving to an app-based world
“Being connected” to a truck could describe the experience of driving. The ergonomics and quality of the ride, however, fall short of the ultimate motive for connecting to assets: to maximize profits.
Connecting to vehicles in this way involves use of applications and highly structured workflows to maximize the utilization and performance of assets and drivers.
One such application that has already become part of the DNA of modern trucks is remote diagnostics, which... [Lire la suite]

Improving Self-Driving Car Safety And Reliability With V2X Protocols
A protocol that would help with self-driving cars is V2X or Vehicle-to-Everything. At the moment AI using machine learning techniques (deep learning) have been the focus of development for autonomous vehicle software. A communications protocol layer for self-driving cars can add further improvements for SAE Level 5 compliance. It is a protocol that supports V2V (Vehicle-to-Vehicle), V2I (Vehicle-to-Infrastructure), V2P (Vehicle-to-Pedestrian), V2H... [Lire la suite]

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